Re: Promotoras Programs

[Guest guest]

We are doing it through teleconference on TV with South TExas Community

College. We have had two classes so far, one on children growing

up on the move and the second on Mental health and the family. Contact

the Milagros office for more information.

"Melendez, Holly" wrote:

Hi,

All-

This

is a first-time attempt to communicate with this group- so, here goes…

We

work for EastTennesseeStateUniversity’s College

of Nursing

on a CDC-funded grant project that researches Hispanic Appalachians with

regard to Community Capacity and Diabetes awareness, prevention, and care.

One of our first activities was to form a community coalition of approximately

12 Hispanic community members and 8 ETSU ‘researchers’ who meet about twice

a month.

We

think that several of our community members would be interested in either

observing a successful community promotora

program, or participating in some promotora

training that they could use in their community for now and for the future.

We have researched and found some programs in the more obvious states,

but are curious to know if there is anything local, to which we could feasibly

drive. ?

Is

anyone aware of any programs around Tennessee/North Carolina/Georgia/Virginia,

etc. that employ and/or train Hispanic lay health promoters to work in

the local Hispanic communities? If so, we would really appreciate

contact information. Please feel free to respond to this email or

give me a call if you have any suggestions. We’d also be happy to

share information about our project, if anyone is interested.

Thank

you! Hope this works.

Holly

Holly

Melendez

Research

Program Coordinator

EastTennesseeStateUniversity

CDC

Diabetes Prevention Project

Phone:

(423) 439-4081

Email:

MELENDEH@...

Fax:

(423) 439-4050

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